title: Two million hours of science.
abstract: After over a quarter of a century, the doors of the world's first synchrotron radiation source have closed. Its contribution to materials science in the past and the future should not be underestimated.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Mathematics and Physics, and Centre for Advanced Functional Materials and Devices, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth SY23 3BZ, UK. gng@aber.ac.uk
authors.forename: G N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Greaves
authors.forename: C R A
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Catlow
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Derbyshire
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: McMahon
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Nelmes
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: van der Laan